About Emerald Digital
Emerald Digital is a growth marketing agency that creates content, builds search and AI visibility, and drives distribution for founder-led brands.
Founded in 2018. Offices in New Orleans and New York City, with a remote team across Florida, Texas, and California.
Matt Berman
CEO & Founder
April Campos
Director of Operations
Matt has been featured in
Three jobs, one loop: make the content, get found, get seen. Most brands hire three vendors for that. We run it as one team, then add the tools and creator work that make it compound.
We produce ads, short-form video, and social posts on a steady cadence, not one-off campaigns. Every piece is a test, so the library keeps finding winners and the next batch gets sharper.
1M+
organic social engagements in 150 days for Abeles & Heymann
Read the case study for Abeles & HeymannWe rank you for the searches that bring in customers, then make sure ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI answers can find and cite you. Rankings get you retrieved. Being the clearest source gets you cited.
#2
nationally for "motorcycle accident lawyer" in six months, for The Law Center
Read the case study for The Law CenterPaid media, influencer and creator partnerships, and distribution, run by operators who watch the spend every day. Attention only counts when it turns into pipeline, so that is what we measure.
521
luxury leads in six months at $15.96 each, for Christie's International Real Estate
We point the same content and distribution systems at one person’s audience. Creators get a production rhythm and a weekly read on what the algorithm is rewarding.
11M+
views for one creator in their first month
We build our own social listening, research, and creative tools so a small senior team moves like a big one. Some stay in-house. Matt open-sources the rest on GitHub, where they have been starred hundreds of times.
Five things you get here that you usually do not get from a retainer agency.
Matt or April is on every account, and most clients work with Matt directly at some point. The people who scope the work are the people who run it.
Before Emerald, Matt founded and exited a WPP-backed video platform and helped take Fireball Whisky from a one-state brand to an international one. We make calls like owners because we have been owners.
Most engagements start with a three-month minimum, then go month-to-month with 30 days’ notice. If it stops working, you are not locked into a year of invoices.
Founding partner Juda Engelmayer leads our PR, crisis, and reputation work alongside the growth team. Our joint campaign with HeraldPR for the West Side Community Organization was a winner in Ragan’s 2020 Crisis Communications Awards.
Matt teaches founders AI workflows and creative strategy in public: on X, and in live webinars for founders, and was featured in Google’s I/O 2025 reel. You can see how we think before you ever get on a call.
Emerald doubled our business in the year we joined and since taking over all of our digital marketing efforts has quadrupled our sales.
Maurice Harary
CEO, The Bid Lab
Most of our clients are founder-run, even the ones that have grown well past the founding team.
Founder-led DTC and consumer brands that need content and paid social to turn attention into orders.
Lumini, Loving Pets, The Bid Lab, Infinitude
Founder-led law firms in personal injury, litigation, and professional practice that want more signed cases from search.
The Law Center, Wilk Auslander, Cain Law Firm
Hotels and hospitality brands that need to fill rooms and tables without leaning on the booking platforms.
Delano, Villa Bella Vita, Hôtel Plaza Athénée
Luxury real estate brokerages and teams that need qualified buyer and seller leads, not tire-kickers.
Christie's International Real Estate
B2B SaaS companies with a lean marketing team that need pipeline and a clear story without hiring a full department.
Equabli, Loman
Fintech, healthcare, and biotech companies with complex products that have to be explained simply to win trust.
Infusive, Dealmed, Myrtelle
Creators and personal brands building an audience they can turn into a business.
Public figures and organizations that need reputation, crisis, and earned-media work handled quietly.
Matt Berman and Warren Cohn met as roommates at Tulane in 2006, the year after Hurricane Katrina. In December 2018 they launched Emerald Digital to bridge Matt’s New Orleans agency, Ember Networks, and Warren’s New York PR firm, HeraldPR.
Today Emerald runs from New Orleans and New York City, with teammates across Florida, Texas, and California.
2011
Matt starts Ember Networks in New Orleans.
2018
Emerald Digital launches in December, with offices in New Orleans and New York.
2020
The team goes remote-first. The Law Center reaches #2 nationally for "motorcycle accident lawyer." A crisis campaign with HeraldPR wins in Ragan’s 2020 Crisis Communications Awards.
2021
Creator services and influencer outreach launch. First million-view video.
2022
Emerald expands into healthcare e-commerce and search.
2023
Emerald goes AI-first across content, search, and paid.
2024
First video past 20 million views. Matt is featured in TechCrunch.
2025
Matt launches the Big Players newsletter and is featured in Google’s I/O reel.
2026
Matt open-sources the agent kits we run on. Clutch and Expertise.com name Emerald among New Orleans’ top agencies.
CEO & Founder
Matt has spent 20 years in marketing. He founded Chunnel.TV with backing from WPP and grew it to half a million monthly users, helped take Fireball Whisky from a one-state brand to an international one, and, before Emerald, worked with more than 100 spirits brands.
He has built on OpenAI’s models since 2020, teaches founders AI workflows and creative strategy on X, and builds tools of his own, including StealAds.
Director of Operations
April runs operations and client communication, so work ships on schedule and nothing falls between channels.
Before joining Matt, she ran her own agency and consultancy building social and search presence for real estate teams, mortgage brokerages, and live events. They have worked together for about ten years.
No black box. Here is what happens after you reach out, and what working together looks like week to week.
Within one business day
Matt or April replies, not a salesperson. We tell you plainly whether we are the right team.
Week 1
We get access to your accounts, site, and content, then find the leaks costing you the most.
Week 2
A 90-day plan with priorities and owners, ranked by what moves revenue first.
Typically within the first month
First content, campaigns, or search fixes ship, so you see movement early instead of a quarter of setup.
Ongoing
We report what worked, cut what did not, and put more behind the winners.
Last updated September 2026.
Emerald Digital helps founder-led brands grow. We create the content, build search and AI visibility, and drive distribution through paid media, influencers, and creators, all run by one senior team.
Founder-led DTC and consumer brands, law firms, hotels and hospitality brands, luxury real estate teams, B2B SaaS, fintech, and healthcare companies, plus creators building an audience. Most of our clients are founder-run.
Every engagement is scoped to the work: a fixed-scope project or a monthly partnership. After a short intro call, you get a straight answer on scope and price.
No. Most engagements start with a three-month minimum, then go month-to-month with 30 days’ notice.
Matt Berman or April Campos is on every account, alongside the operators running your work. There is no handoff to a junior team after the pitch.
You talk with Matt or April, not a salesperson. We ask where you are headed and what is in the way, then tell you plainly whether we are the right team and what we would do first.
First work usually goes live within the first month. Paid and content show signal first, while search compounds over months: The Law Center reached #2 nationally for "motorcycle accident lawyer" in six months.
No. We have offices in New Orleans and New York City, but the team is remote-first and works with brands across the United States.
Yes. We have been AI-first since 2023, and Matt has built on OpenAI’s models since 2020. People still lead: an operator checks everything before it ships, and we build our own tools instead of reselling someone else’s.
Yes. Your ad accounts, content, and plan stay yours, whether or not we keep working together.
Yes. Founding partner Juda Engelmayer leads our PR, crisis, and reputation work alongside the growth team, so press and marketing move together.
Matt Berman and Warren Cohn co-founded Emerald Digital in New Orleans in December 2018, and Matt leads it today as CEO. He has spent 20 years in marketing, from founding Chunnel.TV with backing from WPP to helping take Fireball Whisky international.
We will tell you, plainly, whether we are the right team to get you there. If we are not, we will point you to who is.